Office Standard 2007 Upgrade 3-pack

[planetearth]

Is there such thing as a three-pack, *upgrade* version of MS Office Standard
2007?
My company has three machines with Office 2003 on them, and while I know
there are 3-packs for Office Professional, we really don't need that, and
would be fine if we could just upgrade to Office Standard 2007. Obviously, we
don't want to buy a full version of Office Standard if we don't have to, but
I haven't seen a 3-pack of Standard at all, let alone a 3-pack upgrade
version of Standard.
I can't find any info on Microsoft's Office page about "3-packs". It says
"volume licensing is available" if I need "5 or more" copies of Office, but
many stores (such as Newegg.com) sell 3-packs of Office--just not Office
Standard.
So...is this available or not?
Thanks!

Steve

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Steve,

I'm guessing the '3 packs' you're seeing may be OEM (System builder) product licenses. If so, those aren't intended for retail sale
or installation.
The '5 or more' is the initial purchase '5 Microsoft product licenses' for signing up to the MS Open Volume Licensing programs.
(Basically the program is intended for folks with 5 or more 'desktops'.

From http://microsoft.com/licensing/programs/open
click on the 'Open License Program Guide' on the top right of the page for more info.

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Is there such thing as a three-pack, *upgrade* version of MS Office Standard
2007?
My company has three machines with Office 2003 on them, and while I know
there are 3-packs for Office Professional, we really don't need that, and
would be fine if we could just upgrade to Office Standard 2007. Obviously, we
don't want to buy a full version of Office Standard if we don't have to, but
I haven't seen a 3-pack of Standard at all, let alone a 3-pack upgrade
version of Standard.
I can't find any info on Microsoft's Office page about "3-packs". It says
"volume licensing is available" if I need "5 or more" copies of Office, but
many stores (such as Newegg.com) sell 3-packs of Office--just not Office
Standard.
So...is this available or not?
Thanks!

Steve >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[planetearth]

Thanks, Bob.
That's what I was afraid I'd find....

Steve